Geography

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California was a state in 1850. Its population was based on the Gold Rush miners. California was named after Queen Calafi of Canada. It lies on the west coast. It is the third biggest state. It has about more than 30,000,000 people. California was owned Spain, than Mexico, and finally the United States. It also has the most delegates.

It has valley, mountains that also belong to Nevada and low coasts.
California in the 1780's was a land filled with missions and missionaries.
It was a great moneymaker because of agriculture, mining and land.